Louis Defo 315- These were the last important migrations and settlements in the humid
forest zone before the colonial period. - This means ’transformed by human beings’.
- If major constraints are eliminated or attenuated.
- In almost all cases, what people consider as ‘their forest’ is state
property. In most of these forests peoples only have the right of usage. - This effort is manifested through the use of jigsaw and sander and the
recruitment of persons for specialised tasks. - The diversification of types and models is facilitated by the use of Asian
and European catalogues by an increasing number of PUs. - Increase from 5% to about 30% according to the quantities and the
evolution in prices of industrial inputs used in the manufacture of the object
in question. - This situation is advantageous for the consumer as far as the price is
concerned. - The two activities are often undertaken together at the same time.
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